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Cancers of Colon & Rectum linked to Cigarette Smoking

...nger age when smoking started, and total number of packs smoked over the years....

Aspirin Induced Asthma , A Little-Known Inducer

...y researchers and simple, standardized warnings on packs of aspirin and NSAIDs should be made alerting asthmatic patients to the potential risks....

Anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the risk of oral cancer for smokers

...ars, or two pack a day for fifteen years, or three packs a day for ten years. The study was conducted by taking people from both Norway and US. Of the 908 participants of the study, about half of them was diagnosed having squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, a sign of oral cancer. The NSAIDs used ...

Smoking and heightened risk of TB

...ars, or two pack a day for fifteen years, or three packs a day for ten years. To have smoking as a factor for risk of tuberculosis, smoking has to generate the environment that may allow the tubercle bacilli to survive and infect one host from another. The researchers have found that this do happen in peo...

Drug Prices in India to be Monitored - NPPA to Tie up with ORG

...ng down the prices of 25 non-scheduled formulation packs through negotiations with the manufacturers and has finally succeeded. According to NPPA most of the companies in question voluntarily agreed to bring about a price reduction ranging between 2.14% to 34.62% after they were called for a personal hear...

Junk Food Marketing to be banned

... options. The foundation is sending 600,000 action packs to youngsters and has enlisted the help of celebrities, including actress Fay Ripley and cricketer Andrew Flintoff, to help in the campaign”. Source: BBC ews....

Snippy haircuts, snappier AIDS lessons from barbers

...quire condoms." Kumar on an average distributes 15 packs of condoms a week. The barbers make sure there ar... project coordinator of FXB-India. So far, 13,000 packs of condoms have been distributed through these barbers. "Every week we assemble in a nearby park wh...

Inadequate labeling in sandwiches sold at UK supermarkets

... come clean, and spell out clearly on the front of packs exactly what shoppers are paying for. Are they paying for meat, or meat pumped up with water, preservatives and starch?", were the words of Jaclyn Clarabut, prime investigator ...

Genes May Determine Craving For Cigarettes

... and that these people smoked the most, almost two packs a day on average. Smokers who carried two copies of the CYP2A6*4 gene, which results in slower nicotine metabolism, smoked the least. The study also provided new details about the role of other forms of the gene CYP2A6*7 and CYP2A6*9, suggesting t...

Chocolate makers to be health wise and urge consumers to be too!

...ise' message to millions of consumers daily by our packs is the most powerful way we can help people to understand and enjoy our products as part of their diet," said Simon Baldry, managing director of Cadbury Trebor Bassett. This is an excellent step towards generating awareness in people about healthy e...

Smoking Ban To Be Soon Implemented In South East Asian Bars

... public places and requirements that all cigarette packs include graphic photos depicting the ill effects of tobacco on health. Last year the government banned cigarette displays at points of sale, making Thailand only the third country in the world to do so. The result? Thailand's puffer population ha...

A Testing Time for TESCO, for Choosing to Junk Food Warnings

...ailers must ensure food alerts are labeled on food packs so that consumers are taking an informed step in buying the product. According to their recent directive, - ready meals, breakfast cereals, pizzas, sandwiches, burgers, sausages, pies, chicken nuggets, fish fingers, and other chicken and fish product...

Caution: Apricot Seeds May Be Poisonous

...seeds from shop shelves after it was found selling packs with a recommended daily dosage of up to 10 kernels. Bitter apricot kernels are thought to contain high levels of vitamin B17 (laetrile). This is considered as an immune system-booster and even as a cancer treatment. The seeds are also available in t...

Binge Drinking, A Strict No-No

...e messages will be a common alert on all alcoholic packs within the next 2 years. A BBC survey investigating into the binge-drinking fad analyzed 54 hospital casualty units in the United Kingdom. The survey revealed that nearly 34 of these hospitals were seeing more number of alcohol associated patients as...

Review of Pramod Mahajan's Injuries

...he injury to the liver was very extensive, pads or packs made of cotton were used to stop the bleeding and were left behind. Apparently the IVC was repaired. Some of the bullets were left in; as it was felt it would be precarious to remove them. Today apparently he is slightly better but still critical ...

New Zealand To Issue Graphic Warnings In Cigarette Packs

...r and feet with gangrene would be put on cigarette packs as part of the New Zealand government's latest cam...l, which have used pictorial warnings on cigarette packs that have showed these strategies as being very effective in cutting smoking. Although public-heal...

Puff-packs to sport potent pictures of smoking-peril

...ople. This measure will help deglamorise cigarette packs and let people know what they really get from smoking.” Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt, said: "We have already made a lot of progress with the stark written warnings on cigarette packs. However, these messages become less effective over time so we...

Delhi to get New Dental Centre to Boost Oral Health

...essionals and distribute one million dental health packs containing a toothpaste and a toothbrush over five years. Bedi said: "We will link up with other taskforce around the world to share experiences and good practice so that in the next 20 years children in India should not have to experience dental d...

Watch Out for the Sugar and Salt Content of the Popular Breakfast Cereals

...FSA of red, amber and green labels on front of the packs so that it would be easier for shoppers to pick out healthier products even though the cereal manufacturers are against this labelling scheme. ...

Face-lift: Essentials for a youthful look

...d as important as the several beauty treatments or packs applied to the face. Finer points about ageing, which often escape attention, is the importance of maintaining good posture which also contributes in making one look young or old. What is perhaps the icing on the cake, is the importance of the fee...

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